In today’s post we are bringing you an interview with an inspirative artist Oliver Wetter - a.k.a. Fantasio. Did you ever wonder how to overcome a creative block? Continue reading a find out what this great talent suggests.

- Hi Oliver! Can you
tell our readers who are you, where are you located and what are you passionate about?

My name is Oliver Wetter, I´m a freelance
Illustrator and a part time lecturer for digital art, living and working in
Germany near the border to Luxembourg, with my wife, daughter and two cats. I
am most passionate about pop-culture and the challenge of creating digital art
that makes a lasting impression.

- How
has digital art changed since you’ve been working in it, in your opinion?

I notice that many who are starting out
get a tablet and think with a bag of tricks from a magazine they can create art
like the pros. But digital art is only a tool or a set of apps - the
possibilities are endless and so is the room for making errors. With digital
art it was never so rewarding to make errors and failing was never so much fun
without Ctrl-Z/Cmd-Z. But even then, without tens or twenty thousands of hours
practice it is just tools, nothing else. Meaning in art is condensed
experience. I believe where traditional artists can have mastered a craft with
10.000 hours a digital artist needs twice the time because experimenting has
become part of the process and sometimes it leads to a unique style - but most
often, and especially without a vision it is a waste of time.

- Your
artworks are fulfilled with disarming atmosphere. Could tell us why can we see
so many women characters in your portfolio?

Thanks, I take this as a
compliment. John Ciardi once said: ”Modern
art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves
that they have a better idea.” I have no better idea, I love to paint women
whenever possible, for me it is time well spent - always.

- What do
you do when you have creative block?

Actually I never had a creative block so
far. What I do to never run out of ideas
and motivation is to pull inspiration from everywhere, movies, looking up new
artworks from artists I admire, buy artbooks, watch making of´s. The most
important aspect to note is that I never compare my work to others, I don´t
procrastinate and I try to avoid pressure or negative stress.

- Can you tell us anything more about painting process of Oni Ni Tenome
– your winning artwork in Escape Motions Artwork Contest?

Absolutely! The piece itself was
created for the halloween release of our little art group called “Dark Realm Collective”. The
topic I picked was “I can´t shake these demons”. Actually it took me around 30
hours and 10 month to create this piece. The 30 hours were the actual time it
took but since some other parts like the head dress and part of the background
was done 10 month ago for a different piece (but unused) I think it makes sense
to count it that way. The software I used was Photoshop CC 2014, Mandelbulb3d,
Pixelmator, Flame Painter, Amberlight, Groboto, Alchemy and Isometric (iPad). The hardware is a PC with
Intel i7 processor, 1TB SSD and 15GB Ram connected to a Wacom 13HD pen display.
For the OSX apps such as Pixelmator I use an older 2009 Macbook Pro and an iPad
3 for some generative art apps.

- Which
feature do you fancy on Flame Painter? Is there anything you miss?

So far it is perfect, however, I´m
obsessed with generative art lately and the one thing I´d fancy would be a
kaleidoscope filter effect and some real-time mirroring with one or more axes.

- Could you
give us any websites tips that are your source of inspiration?